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‘Wonka’ Granted China Release On Same Day As ‘Migration’; Both Pics Rolling Out Early Overseas (lemmy.world)
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'Warner Bros/Heyday Films’ Wonka has been granted a December 8 release in China, a week ahead of the domestic start and as part of an early overseas rollout for the Timothée Chalamet-starrer. Wonka will be going the same day as Universal/Illumination’s Migration in China.'

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[-] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The wonka poster feels like a shitpost

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 4 points 1 year ago

Willy Wonka and the Ocarina of Tiananmen

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Man, I hate that I have this gut feeling the movie is going to suck.

[-] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

why hate the feeling? use it as a chance to rewatch the old magic of Willy Wonka. Gene Wilder is truly one of a kind!

fuck cash grab movies like these

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Well, I'm open to other interpretations in general. There's room for that, despite the Wilder Wonka being impossible to beat.

I didn't hate Charlie and the chocolate factory, though that's mostly because it was a movie of the book rather than a new version of the movie.

And, I like chalumet (however it's spelled). He's done some good work. So I'm not against the idea of him doing it.

It's what you said, it feels like a cash grab rather than a genuine attempt at making a new movie. Those so rarely end well. And, if it sucks as bad as I fear, it kinda t aints the story itself; it would be harder for someone else to do a new movie based on the book in the future (I still maintain that the Wilder movie wasn't meant to be a true translation of the book, and the Depp movie failed at that despite trying). I'd like to see a truly faithful translation of the book.

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